26 quotes
American anthropologist (1901-1978)
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”
"Fathers are biological necessities, but social accidents."
on Relationships
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."
on Activism
"It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label a necessary evil as good."
on Ethics
"There is no greater insight into the future than recognizing...when we save our children, we save ourselves"
on Life
"We won't have a society if we destroy the environment."
on Environment
"One of the oldest human needs is having someone to wonder where you are when you don't come home at night."
on Love
"A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."
"Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For, indeed, that's all who ever have."
"I must admit that I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to her or his fellow human beings."
on Success
"For the very first time the young are seeing history being made before it is censored by their elders."
on Wisdom
"Children must be taught how to think, not what to think."
on Education
"I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to his or her fellow human beings."
"There is no hierarchy of values by which one culture has the right to insist on all its own values and deny those of another."
on Philosophy
"No matter how many communes anybody invents the family always creeps back."
on Family
"There is no reason to think a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens cannot change the world; Indeed, that's the only thing that ever has."
"Having someone wonder where you are when you don't come home at night is a very old human need."
"I learned the value of hard work by working hard."
"I have a respect for manners as such, they are a way of dealing with people you don't agree with or like."
"Many societies have educated their male children on the simple device of teaching them not to be women."
on Gender
"Thanks to television, for the first time the young are seeing history made before it is censored by their elders."
on Media
